Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Turkish foreign minister calls Qureshi... and other news

Turkish foreign minister calls Qureshi
Babacan commended the calm and maturity that Pakistani leadership had shown in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, and said Turkey would play its role in ...
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Lessons for President-Elect Obama From Mumbai
Our new president-elect is surely as apprehensive as the rest of the world about the threat of new Mumbai-type attacks spreading around the globe. ...
Read at Huffington Post

No Easy Indian Response To Pakistan's Troop Shift
The troop movement came a month after the attacks in Mumbai, India's financial capital, which India says were orchestrated by Pakistan-based militants. ...
Read at New York Times

Pak snubs US, UK over Mumbai evidence
Pakistan has rejected evidence provided by US and Britain about the involvement of its nationals in India's last month Mumbai attacks. ...
Read at PRESS TV

Mumbai attacks a conspiracy
ISLMABAD: British Member of Parliament Lord Nazir Ahmed has termed Mumbai attacks as conspiracy to divert the world's attention from Kashmir issue. ...
Read at The Post

Mumbai sitting pretty
Ahmedabad: A semblance of a fightback emerged from the powerful blade of Paras Dogra, but Mumbai virtually sealed the fate of this Ranji Trophy quarterfinal ...
Read at Hindu

Mumbai attacks showed India's many weaknesses
By Aarti wa Njoroge (email the author) The Time Out Mumbai of November 28-December 11, 2008 has become a collector's edition, as if Vesuvius has just ...
Read at East African

Tensions Rise as Pakistan Moves to Redeploy Troops
But with tensions between India and Pakistan high in the weeks since terrorists armed with guns and grenades rampaged through Mumbai, leaving 171 people ...
Read at Wall Street Journal

Photographers capture images of terror in Mumbai
By Thomas Fuller MUMBAI: When the gunfire started at Mumbai's main train station last month, Sebastian D'souza was well placed to respond. ...
Read at International Herald Tribune

Classy Jaffer helps Mumbai take lead
Wasim Jaffer stood firm to help Mumbai secure the first innings lead, taking his team a step closer to a semifinal spot. In an exhibition of absolute ...
Read at Hindustan Times

Monday, December 29, 2008

Terrorist attack on Mumbai, 26 November... and other news

Terrorist attack on Mumbai, 26 November
guardian.co.uk
An Indian soldier runs for cover outside the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel during an armed siege in Mumbai, India. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty images My ...
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No plan to attack Pakistan: India
By Iftikhar Gilani NEW DELHI: India has not planned military action against Pakistan but wants Islamabad act against suspected perpetrators of the Mumbai ...
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Mukherjee urges Pakistan to join hands against terrorism
"A lot of issues are being raised in relation to the Mumbai terror attacks. It is unfortunate that an atmosphere has been created in Pakistan, ...
Read at Daily Times

Security experts dismiss Zardari's promise of 'counter-terror ...
"As of now, Pakistan has managed to divert attention from the Mumbai attacks to India-Pak conflict," said K Subramanyam. He also dismissed Pakistan ...
Read at Times of India

Kasab's ID parade starts in Mumbai
Mumbai : WITH the Mumbai Police Crime Branch having set a 60-day deadline for filing the chargesheet in the 26/11 Terror probe, the lone terrorist caught ...
Read at Indian Express

BJP pressures India against Pakistan
The renewed tensions come a month after India blamed the Pakistan-based militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba for orchestrating the November 26 attacks on Mumbai, ...
Read at PRESS TV

Pakistan cautions India against "non-state actors"
Pakistan has condemned the Mumbai attacks and has denied any state role, blaming "non-state actors." President Asif Ali Zardari, speaking at ceremony to ...
Read at Reuters

Jaffer, Rohit Sharma put Mumbai in control
PTI Ahmedabad: Skipper Wasim Jaffer's brilliant 108-run knock and Rohit Sharma's 98 helped Mumbai take command of their quarter-final tie as they took a ...
Read at Cricketnext.com

Tackle 'face-to-face' terrorism, Pranab appeals to Pak
The "unprecedented scale, magnitude, ferocity and audacity" with which the Mumbai attacks were carried out "clearly demonstrated that it was not only ...
Read at Hindu

Kasab taken for identification parade
MUMBAI: Captured terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir, alias Kasab, was shifted on Saturday to the fortified Arthur Road Jail in south Mumbai for an identification ...
Read at Times of India

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Matt Wade in New Delhi... and other news

Matt Wade in New Delhi
Last month's terrifying attack on Mumbai, the home of Indian cinema, means the year is finishing much as it began - with the region in shock after a ...
Read at Sydney Morning Herald

Islamabad begins diplomatic push
Pakistan would take measures against the elements found involved in the Mumbai attacks if India gave evidence, he told the envoys. ...
Read at Daily Times

India asks US, China, Iran to pressure Pak
He also impressed upon them the need for intensified international efforts to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai mayhem to justice. ...
Read at Times of India

Mumbai mafia assisting terror outfits?
26: The Union home ministry is preparing a roadmap to curb organised crimes in the country, mainly perpetrated by the Mumbai mafia which is believed to be ...
Read at The Statesman

Mumbai terrorist attacks awaken Bollywood
Los Angeles Times
By Anupama Chopra Reporting from Mumbai -- Amitabh Bachchan slept with a gun. On Nov. 26, as 10 terrorists orchestrated mayhem at Mumbai's landmark hotels ...
Read at Los Angeles Times

Pakistan Sends Troops to Indian Border
Pakistan and India, both nuclear-armed nations, have traded angry statements since India accused "elements" in Pakistan of planning the siege in Mumbai last ...
Read at Washington Post

Mumbai remembers a month after …
Hindu
IN SOLIDARITY: People sign messages on a banner outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on Friday during a protest rally against last month's terror attacks. ...
Read at Hindu

Manmohan Singh has ensured that it is still advantage India
He can be criticised for being slow and may be accused of being out-of-tune with Mumbai's [Images] anger and humiliation, but he has ensured that it is ...
Read at Rediff

India Steps Up Diplomatic Pressure Against Pakistan
26-29 Mumbai terrorist attacks as tensions rose in the region. Pakistan has begun moving thousands of troops to the Indian border, the Associated Press ...
Read at Bloomberg

Mumbai pays tribute to 26/11 victims
26 Dec 2008, 2203 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: A month after terror strikes killed over 173 people, Mumbaikars gathered at several places on Friday to pay tributes ...
Read at Times of India

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Pakistan Warns India Against Attack... and other news

Pakistan Warns India Against Attack
... yet another indication that the relationship between the nations remained strained in the wake of the attacks last month in Mumbai, India. ...
Read at New York Times

Pakistan rejects help for Mumbai attacker
Pakistan will not offer any legal help to a sole surviving Mumbai attacker unless it is proved that he is a Pakistani national, officials say. ...
Read at PRESS TV

In Pakistan, charity suspected of being front for Mumbai massacre ...
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
They have also said they have no evidence this charity is involved in terrorism or the Mumbai siege. Whether Pakistan fulfills its vow to rein in militants ...
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ANALYSIS: Questions about Mumbai —Najmuddin A Shaikh
By their reckoning, it was unimportant to establish that this had a connection with the Mumbai carnage. What does not appear to have struck the Indians is ...
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S Asia neighbours' linked destinies
Aljazeera.net
By Fatima Bhutto and Ghinwa Bhutto After the Mumbai attacks in late November that killed 170 people, the onus for answers has been placed on India's ...
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Antulay matter allowed to rest
The matter of Mumbai terror attack and related matters have become a hot issue at national and international level and different investigations on several ...
Read at Central Chronicle

Mumbai has a score to settle
Hindu
PTI Ahmedabad: Mumbai would take the field against Himachal Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal here from Friday knowing fully well that it was the ...
Read at Hindu

Pakistan arrests 3 more Indian nationals
India blames Pakistan for a series of attacks in Mumbai which left hundreds of people killed or injured. Pakistan, however, denies any involvement in the ...
Read at PRESS TV

Mumbai Jews celebrate Hanukah and remember victims
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Reuters) - The parents of a rabbi and his wife slain in last month's Mumbai attack lit a menorah outside a badly damaged Jewish ...
Read at Washington Post

Pakistan warns India it will respond to any attack
He also repeated Pakistan's demand that India provide evidence to support its claim that the 10 gunmen who killed at least 164 people in Mumbai last month ...
Read at The Associated Press

Friday, December 26, 2008

Coach of Mumbai-Howrah train derails... and other news

Coach of Mumbai-Howrah train derails
MUMBAI: A coach of the 2859 Mumbai-Howrah Gitanjali Superfast Express derailed near Paras in Bhusawal division on Wednesday afternoon, disrupting outstation ...
Read at Times of India

Mumbai terror probe with crime branch
NAGPUR: State home minister Jayant Patil on Wednesday announced in the Assembly that the entire probe of Mumbai terror attacks had been handed over to ...
Read at Times of India

Mumbai suspect to be held for 2 weeks
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- The lone surviving gunman from last month's attacks in Mumbai will remain in police custody for at least two more weeks, CNN-IBN, ...
Read at CNN International

India wants to make Pak "scapegoat" over Mumbai attack: Gilani
Gilani said there were indications that there was "great public pressure on the Indian government" in the wake of the Mumbai attacks. ...
Read at Press Trust of India

Mumbai, Corporate Security and Indo-Pakistani Conflict
By Fred Burton The Trident-Oberoi and Taj Mahal hotels in Mumbai reopened Dec. 21, less than one month after the Nov. 26 Mumbai attack that left more than ...
Read at Stratfor

South Asian Tensions Simmer in Mumbai Aftermath
However, Pakistan has not received "material evidence" from India regarding the Mumbai attacks, he said. "Providing somebody's name and to say that he is a ...
Read at Global Security Newswire

Rivkah Holtzberg's parents to light candles in Mumbai
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The parents of slain Chabad emissary Rivkah Holzberg will light Chanukah candles in Mumbai. India's NDTV.com reported that the couple, ...
Read at Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Pakistan MPs condemn 'unsubstantiated' Indian claims on Mumbai
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Lawmakers in Pakistan on Wednesday condemned what they called India's "unsubstantiated" allegations against Islamabad over the Mumbai ...
Read at AFP

Police keep custody of Mumbai gunman
MUMBAI, India (AP) — A judge Wednesday ordered the lone surviving gunman from the Mumbai attacks to remain in police custody for another two weeks, ...
Read at The Associated Press

'Merry Xmas Mumbai'
Guess who Santa Claus has brought to Mumbai, all the way from the North Pole, for Christmas? None other than pop diva Britney Spears! Yes Mumbai, open your ...
Read at Times of India

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Interpol chief presses India to provide evidence... and other news

Interpol chief presses India to provide evidence
NEW DELHI (AP) — Nearly a month after the Mumbai terror attacks, India has not provided the evidence needed for Interpol to help identify and apprehend the ...
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ANALYSIS-US Afghan strategy stretches all the way to India
Last month's attacks by suspected Pakistan-based militants in the Indian city of Mumbai, in which 179 people died, has halted the faltering peace process ...
Read at Reuters

Incursions into Afghanistan down, says Mullen
The admiral described the Mumbai attacks as a 'tactical operation' that had strategic ramifications. He said mayhem in Mumbai had thrown political progress ...
Read at Daily Times

"Ajmal not on Pakistan database"
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday deflected the issue of the alleged Pakistani nationality of Ajmal Amir 'Kasab', the lone gunman from the Mumbai attacks who ...
Read at Hindu

It's Cong that's worried about damage-control, not Mr Antulay
"He is a senile, frustrated Congressman who believed the rumours doing the rounds in Mumbai," one senior leader said. "He is a straight-talking man. ...
Read at Economic Times

India's Prime Minister Singh Says No One Wants War
26-29 attacks in Mumbai that killed 164 people. The attacks, which India has blamed on "elements" in Pakistan, have led to heightened tensions and stalled ...
Read at Bloomberg

PM calls it 'human error' as Govt lays Antulay's conspiracy theory ...
"Home Minister has made a statement on the circumstances leading to the death of Hemant Karkare and other officers of the Mumbai Police and subsequently ...
Read at Indian Express

India's media blasted for sensational Mumbai coverage
By Daniel Pepper | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Mumbai, India - Emerging from decades of government control and regulations, India's media ...
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Parliament adjourned sine die
But it adopted a resolution unanimously condemning the heinous attack in Mumbai by terrorist elements from Pakistan. In his valedictory reference before the ...
Read at Hindu

US asks Pak to launch prosecution against terror suspects
Mullen, who is in the Pakistani capital in the wake of an escalated war of words between India and Pakistan over the Mumbai terror strikes, "thanked both ...
Read at Hindu

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Mullen urges trials for terror suspects... and other news

Mullen urges trials for terror suspects
26-29 attacks in Mumbai, which killed more than 170 people. None have appeared before any court, however, fueling international concerns about Islamabad's ...
Read at Washington Times

Hullabaloo in House
CPI(M) leader Mr Sitaram Yechury later said trade unions would observe a strike tomorrow against the introduction of the insurance Bills. n SNS MUMBAI, Dec. ...
Read at The Statesman

Islamabad can't disown Mumbai attackers now
NEW DELHI: Pakistan's leadership will now find it difficult to deny with a straight face that the 10 seaborne jihadis who struck Mumbai were not its ...
Read at Economic Times

Pakistan asked to accept responsibility
By Khalid Hasan WASHINGTON: The Washington Post on Monday urged Pakistani civilian leaders to face up to their country's responsibility for the Mumbai ...
Read at Daily Times

Pleas for India/Pakistan sanity after Mumbai mayhem
FinalCall.com
The fallout from the Mumbai mayhem is no different, it is all the more ominous for having taken place in the midst of the global "war on terror" with its ...
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Anger against Antulay strong in PMO
... in Parliament to clarify that he never disputed the Pakistani origin of the Mumbai attackers, and that he only wanted an inquiry into Karkare's killing. ...
Read at Times of India

Pakistan confirms receiving letter from Mumbai attacker
22 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Monday confirmed that its envoy has received a letter from the Mumbai attacker in Indian custody seeking legal help, but demanded ...
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India gives Pakistan Mumbai gunman's letter
NEW DELHI (AFP) — India on Monday said the pressure put on Pakistan by world leaders over last month's attacks on Mumbai was inadequate and handed over a ...
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Goa's year-end beach parties fizzle in wake of Mumbai attacks
With the country on alert in the wake of the terror attacks in Mumbai that killed 164 people and nine accused gunmen, Goa officials have banned beach ...
Read at Newsday

NSG hubs at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata & Hyderabad
NEW DELHI: Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai will soon have full-fledged units of the National Security Guard (NSG) with the Centre on Monday deciding ...
Read at Times of India

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Hanukkah menorah lighting dedicated to Mumbai victims... and other news

Hanukkah menorah lighting dedicated to Mumbai victims
BY LAURA RIVERA In a ceremony dedicated to a rabbi, his wife and other victims of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the first candles of a 12-foot menorah were ...
Read at Newsday

Mumbai massacre weighs heavily on Hanukkah
In wake of Mumbai attacks, rabbi urges Jews and others to bring more light to world. By Eileen E. Flynn For Rabbi Yosef Levertov, leader of Austin's Chabad ...
Read at Austin American-Statesman

Mumbai attack victims remembered on Long Island
Yet, at a West Hempstead memorial Sunday for the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks, Holtzberg found a way to urge others to continue the work of his ...
Read at Newsday

India Demands Pakistan Act Against People Behind Mumbai Attack
22 (Bloomberg) -- India demanded Pakistan act against the terrorists responsible for last month's attack on Mumbai, saying the government in Islamabad has ...
Read at Bloomberg

Pakistan offers joint commission to probe Mumbai attacks
LAHORE: Pakistan has officially offered India to from a joint commission to probe the Mumbai terror attacks, a private TV channel reported on Sunday. ...
Read at Daily Times

Do Obama's Afghan plans still make sense post-Mumbai?
But does it still make sense after the Mumbai attacks — intentionally or otherwise – sabotaged the peace process between India and Pakistan? ...
Read at Reuters India

Assaulted Mumbai hotels reopen with ceremony
By Peter Spiegel REPORTING FROM MUMBAI, INDIA -- With a mix of solemn prayers and Bollywood glitter, India's financial capital today took its most symbolic ...
Read at Los Angeles Times

Interpol promises help with Mumbai probe
At least 170 people were killed when a small group of gunmen attacked two of Mumbai's major hotels, a railroad station, Jewish community center and other ...
Read at United Press International

Return to Mumbai
Aljazeera.net
By Todd Baer in Mumbai For nearly one month, Mumbai has been a city with a deep and painful wound, as people tried to recover from a series of brazen and ...
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Terror-devastated Mumbai hotels reopen
Guests arrive Sunday at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai. Along with new guests, the hotels' five restaurants were booked with diners, ...
Read at CNN International

Monday, December 22, 2008

'Deaths from Mumbai police error'... and other news

'Deaths from Mumbai police error'
By Adam Mynott Guests trapped in a Mumbai hotel seized by gunmen last month have told the BBC they were given instructions by police that may have led to ...
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Backers of banned Pakistani group protest
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Supporters of a banned Pakistani charity being tied to last month's Mumbai attacks staged demonstrations in the federal capital ...
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Mumbai attack hotels to re-open
BBC News
Two luxury hotels in Mumbai are re-opening, less than a month after they were heavily damaged in attacks on the city that killed at least 170 people. ...
Read at BBC News

Mumbai terror attacks have brought Pakistan's role to the fore: Cohen
LAHORE: Describing the Mumbai terror attacks as Lashkar-e-Tayyaba's (LT) 'brilliant stupidity', noted United States strategic analyst Stephen Cohen has said ...
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Dawood prepares for secret bash
MUMBAI: Even as the Indian government continues to put pressure on Islamabad to hand over Dawood Ibrahim to it, the don gets ready to celebrate his 53rd ...
Read at Times of India

Balancing compulsions
The recent terrorist attacks on Mumbai have caused public fury in India, compelling Dr. Singh and his Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee to adopt fierce ...
Read at Hindu

Interpol pledge Mumbai probe help
BBC News
The head of the global police agency Interpol has pledged to assist India in its investigations into last month's attacks in Mumbai. ...
Read at BBC News

Pressure on Singh to sack Antulay over Mumbai remarks
The rightwing opposition BJP was joined by a group of Mumbai Muslims led by film lyricist Javed Akhtar who demanded the minister's resignation. ...
Read at Pakistan Dawn

Mumbai's Taj, Trident Hotels to Reopen After Terror Attacks
20 (Bloomberg) -- Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace and Tower and Trident Hotel will reopen to guests tomorrow after repairs following a 60-hour battle with ...
Read at Bloomberg

India May Consider 'Precision' Strikes in Pakistan
Tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors rose last month after terrorists killed 164 people in attacks targeting Mumbai's main railway station, ...
Read at Bloomberg

Sunday, December 21, 2008

India disappointed by Iran's reaction to Mumbai attacks... and other news

India disappointed by Iran's reaction to Mumbai attacks
NEW DELHI: India on Friday conveyed to Iran that it was deeply disappointed by the way the country had reacted to the Mumbai terror attacks. ...
Read at Times of India

History, dissent cloud Pakistan's Mumbai reaction
How Pakistan deals with the Islamic group — popular among many for its aid to the needy — is a key test of its pledge to help investigate the Mumbai tragedy ...
Read at The Associated Press

Post-Mumbai media code inadequate, monitors say
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Guidelines agreed to by Indian news broadcasters after wide criticism of their coverage of the Mumbai attacks ...
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Dickensian slice of Mumbai
It's possible that this Mumbai-set film will generate interest because of the recent tragic events in Mumbai, but it needs no special pleading. ...
Read at The Australian

Minister in Mumbai police furore
BBC News
India's government is under pressure to respond following a minister's controversial remarks over the killing of top officers in the Mumbai attacks. ...
Read at BBC News

Pakistan reels from India tour cancellation
KARACHI (AFP) — Cricket-starved Pakistan has suffered a huge blow with the cancellation of India's five-week tour in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, ...
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Rahul evasive on Antulay's remarks
"Mumbai was a very big tragedy. Whatever I had to say about this, I had already spoken about it on the floor of the House (Lok Sabha). ...
Read at Hindu

Amnesty International slams Indian anti-terror law
NEW DELHI (AP) — Amnesty International on Friday slammed India's new anti-terror legislation to beef up police powers in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, ...
Read at The Associated Press

'US not worried about India's nuclear plants post Mumbai attacks'
WASHINGTON: The US has said that it was "not really worried" about the security and protection of India's nuclear power plants in the wake of the Mumbai ...
Read at Times of India

Cricket-India win toss, choose to bat in second test
Mohali was chosen as a last-minute replacement after the match was shifted out of original venue Mumbai following last month's militant attacks. ...
Read at Reuters.uk

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Andrew Flintoff: 'There was an element of doubt about coming back ... and other news

Andrew Flintoff: 'There was an element of doubt about coming back ...
Whether Flintoff would come back to India, following the England team's return home in the wake of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, was one of the main topics ...
Read at Independent

Mumbai Killer Grenades Exploited Old Deal With Rheinmetall Unit
Indian officials say the guerrillas who attacked Mumbai Nov. 26, and their weapons, came from Pakistan. The three-day siege left 163 people dead. ...
Read at Bloomberg

Pakistanis Dispute Full Blame For Mumbai Attacks
AFP/Getty Images Morning Edition, December 18, 2008 · India holds Pakistan responsible for last month's terror attacks in Mumbai, which killed at least 170 ...
Read at NPR

India Plans No Military Action Against Pakistan Over Mumbai Attacks
By Ravi Khanna Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has again said there is still no conclusive evidence to support the claim that the Mumbai attackers ...
Read at Voice of America

New rules for Indian TV after Mumbai attacks
AFP
Indian television news channels were heavily criticised for their coverage of the Mumbai siege, with one station airing a telephone conversation with one of ...
Read at AFP

India Cancels Cricket Tour of Pakistan
The move was widely anticipated, in wake of the terror attack on Mumbai which India blames on Islamic extremists from Pakistan. The announcement was made ...
Read at Voice of America

Mumbai spurs India media revamp
BBC News
By Sanjoy Majumder Leading Indian broadcasters have produced a set of rules on how to cover live events following last month's attacks in Mumbai. ...
Read at BBC News

At Mumbai's public hospital, the face of trauma
By Thomas Fuller MUMBAI: Three weeks after the Mumbai terrorist attacks the public's attention here is slowly drifting back to the less weighty topics of ...
Read at International Herald Tribune

Pakistan Summons Indian Envoy Over Alleged Airspace Violation
India's government has accused Pakistan of harboring the group it says planned and carried out the Mumbai shootings. At least 170 people died in the attacks ...
Read at Voice of America

Bollywood planning movies about Mumbai attacks
MUMBAI, India — Filmmakers in this hub of Indian cinema are already exploring how to bring the trauma of the deadly Mumbai attacks and the three-day siege ...
Read at GMA news.tv

Friday, December 19, 2008

Where are Kasab's missing 7 mates?... and other news

Where are Kasab's missing 7 mates?
In a startling revelation, Kasab, the lone terrorist in custody of Mumbai police, has told the investigating agencies that there were 17 Pakistani ...
Read at Times of India

Mumbai Hotels, in Spotlight After Attacks, Struggle to Recover
18 (Bloomberg) -- As the Mumbai hotels struck in last month's terrorist attacks prepare to reopen after three weeks of repairs, competitors across the ...
Read at Bloomberg

Turnaround: Pak envoy says Jaish chief is not under house arrest
The police in Mumbai had said earlier that Kasab had written to the Pakistan High Commission admitting that he was a Pakistani. "Please don't give too much ...
Read at Times of India

Mumbai attack dents business travel
By Rajanish Kakade, AP Photo MUMBAI, India (AP) — John Fesko came to Mumbai to talk with an Indian pharmaceutical company about manufacturing two high blood ...
Read at USA Today

Pakistan news of December 17, 2008 - Arrested Mumbai attacker ...
Islamabad: The FBI questioned the only arrested terrorist capture during the Mumbai attacks at the Taj Hotel. The FBI team question Ajmal Amir Kasab for 9 ...
Read at CaymanMama.com (press release)

Lower House of Indian Parliament Passes Tough New Anti-Terror Laws
By Rama Lakshmi NEW DELHI -- Responding to soaring public anger about security lapses after the Mumbai assault, the lower house of India's parliament on ...
Read at Washington Post

Strauss back in tune
By Ryan Sidebottom Last updated: 17th December 2008 Well, just when the cricketing world needed a spectacle after the atrocities in Mumbai, India and ...
Read at SkySports

Pakistan pressures India over Mumbai evidence
... over "concrete evidence" against suspects in the deadly Mumbai attacks, ratcheting up pressure on its giant neighbor and rival to back up its claims. ...
Read at The Associated Press

No letter received from Ajmal seeking legal aid: Pak
New Delhi (PTI): Pakistan on Wednesday claimed it has not received any letter from Mohd Ajmal Amir Iman, the lone terrorist arrested in Mumbai attacks, ...
Read at Hindu

Maharashtra to probe top cops' lapses during Mumbai attack
The Sena-BJP had in the state legislature on Tuesday criticised the Maharashtra government for the Mumbai terror attacks and demanded removal of Roy and ...
Read at Times of India

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Mental health workers overwhelmed since Mumbai attacks... and other news

Mental health workers overwhelmed since Mumbai attacks
By Mark Magnier Reporting from Mumbai, India -- Since the gruesome Mumbai terrorist attacks, mental health experts have understandably been in big demand ...
Read at Los Angeles Times

Fog in other cities throws flight schedules haywire in Mumbai
MUMBAI: Mumbai may have escaped a hazy winter till date but a cover of dense fog in the northern and eastern states is having a cascading effect on flights ...
Read at Times of India

Mumbai attacks a diversion tactic: analyst
MANAMA: The Mumbai terror attacks are directly linked to the military situation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, says Ahmed Rashid, Pakistani writer ...
Read at Hindu

Mumbai attacks stall India-Pakistan peace talks
By South Asia correspondent Sally Sara India's Government says the peace process with Pakistan has been put on hold because of the Mumbai terrorist attacks. ...
Read at ABC Online

Mumbai police get Sabauddin's custody
LUCKNOW: Special judge, Gangster Act, Mohammed Hussain on Tuesday permitted Mumbai police to produce Sabauddin before a court in Mumbai. ...
Read at Times of India

Cachet, cash and chaos
A few months ago, the film about an impoverished Mumbai teen's unlikely road to victory on the television quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire was ...
Read at The Australian

Mumbai bombers aimed to start war
The deadly Mumbai terror attacks were aimed at pushing Pakistan and India to the brink of a war for the fourth time, says a recent poll. ...
Read at PRESS TV

Kerry says Pakistan 'sincere' in Mumbai crackdown
The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan appears "sincere" in its effort to crack down on a militant group blamed for the Mumbai terrorist attack and has ...
Read at The Associated Press

Nepal: Rumors Surrounding The Captured Mumbai Terrorist
by Bhumika Ghimire Rumors surrounding the background and identity of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only terrorist involved in Mumbai attacks captured alive by ...
Read at Global Voices Online

India Was Prepared to Strike Pakistan, Officials Say
India prepared its air force to launch attacks on extremist enclaves within Pakistan after last month's terror strikes in Mumbai, CNN reported yesterday ...
Read at Global Security Newswire

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Mumbai’s Aftermath... and other news

Mumbai's Aftermath
The perverse result of the unspeakable atrocity in Mumbai last month has been to focus attention on the failings of the Indian government, rather than on ...
Read at New York Times

PPP's stance on Mumbai terror attacks slated
He categorically stated that Pakistan is never involved in any terrorism activity in India especially in respect of Mumbai mayhem He said leveling terrorism ...
Read at The Post

Pakistan refuses UK Mumbai appeal
Pakistan has rejected Gordon Brown's request that UK police be allowed to question Pakistani suspects held over November's attacks in Mumbai. ...
Read at BBC News

Entering The Spin Zone
Reporting on the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) links to the Mumbai attacks, its reporter in Pakistan visited the Jamaat-ud-Dawa in Lahore. ...
Read at Indian Express

Pakistan needs to act
I wanted to offer, in person, my condolences to him and to the Indian people on the terrible terrorist attack in Mumbai, which shocked the world three weeks ...
Read at Times of India

Pakistan rejects British request to grill Mumbai suspects: PM
AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan has turned down a British request to question suspects arrested in connection with the Mumbai attacks, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza ...
Read at AFP

Post-Mumbai scenarios
The Mumbai terror attacks have triggered a war of words and unless handled sensitively and with restraint by both sides, it could develop into an ...
Read at The Post

Strong evidence about Mumbai attackers coming from Pak: Kerry
New Delhi (PTI): Contending that there was "strong evidence" of Mumbai attackers coming from Pakistan, influential US Senator John Kerry on Monday favoured ...
Read at Hindu

Mumbai suspect faces legal void
By Prachi Pinglay Some Indian lawyers are refusing to act for the sole surviving Mumbai attacks suspect and others are being threatened if they suggest ...
Read at BBC News

'Killing not in my plan' - Mumbai gunman
THE gunman captured in last month's Mumbai attacks told police he had originally only intended to seize hostages and call the media to make demands. ...
Read at Melbourne Herald Sun

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Pak 'net loser' of the Mumbai terror attacks: Zardari... and other news

Pak 'net loser' of the Mumbai terror attacks: Zardari
New York Describing Pakistan's people and government as the 'net losers' of the situation arising out of the Mumbai attacks, President Asif Ali Zardari has ...
Read at Expressindia.com

No evidence of Jamaat hand in Mumbai attack: Pakistan
India has blamed the LeT for the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai. "They're running schools, hospitals, dispensaries... but if this organisation or elements ...
Read at Times of India

UK 'keen to quiz Mumbai suspects'
British Police may want to interview the Pakistani suspects being held in India over the Mumbai terror attacks, a Government source has said. ...
Read at The Press Association

"House Arrest" In Pakistan
The government claims to have rounded up scores of members and closed multiple offices since the United Nations declared the group behind the Mumbai attacks ...
Read at The Weekly Standard

British PM visits Pakistan after Mumbai attacks
AFP
Relations between India and Pakistan have plummeted in the wake of the devastating Mumbai assault. Gunmen ran riot in the city, leading to a 60-hour siege ...
Read at AFP

Some Official Comments on the Mumbai Terror attacks
Despite the tangled history of the two nations, the latest episode of a seaborne assault on 10 targets in Mumbai requires the world to take a fresh look at ...
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Pakistan Says Indian Planes Entered Airspace
The attacks in Mumbai, which began the night of Nov. 26 and ended three days later in a battle between gunmen and Indian commandos, left at least 163 people ...
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Brown blames Pakistani militants for Mumbai
By Adrian Croft Prime Minister Gordon Brown blamed the banned Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba for the Mumbai attacks and said on Sunday he ...
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Brown Says Lashkar-e-Taiba Behind Attacks in Mumbai
14 (Bloomberg) -- UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said his government knows that the Lashkar-e-Taiba was responsible for the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last ...
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AFTER MUMBAI
YOUR DEC. 7 editorial "The trail leads to Kashmir" correctly states that Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency is determined to prevent a peaceful solution to ...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Mumbai attacks affect members of local Chabad... and other news

Mumbai attacks affect members of local Chabad
By Melissa Gasca For Rabbi Choni Marozov and members of his Chabad of SCV house in Newhall, the November terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, ...
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Singh Says Mumbai Attacks Aimed at India's Economy
13 (Bloomberg) -- India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said last month's terrorist attacks in Mumbai were aimed at slowing the economy that has expanded at ...
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Locals mourn Mumbai victims
The service lasted about an hour and included prayers and a video documentary on the Holtzbergs, who had moved to Mumbai to run the city's outreach center ...
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In Hotel Lobbies, Echoes From Mumbai
New York Times
By GREGORY BEYER THE ripples of events in Mumbai, the Indian financial capital where last month's terrorist attacks included deadly assaults in two ...
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Human chains circle terror sites in Mumbai
MUMBAI, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Thousands of people joined hands Friday in the Indian commercial capital Mumbai in a gesture of solidarity and protest against the ...
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Canada offers assistance in Mumbai attacks investigation
Toronto, Dec 13 (PTI) Canada has offered assistance in Mumbai attack investigations and urged India to share intelligence about Pakistan-based al-Qaeda ...
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India promises tougher security but worries remain
26 assault on Mumbai, two militants carrying assault weapons raided the cavernous rail station, overpowering the more than 60 police officers inside, ...
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With House Arrest Pakistan Curbs, Lightly, a Leader Tied to Mumbai ...
The two scenes underscored the Pakistani government's deeply mixed reaction to Mr. Saeed and his organization following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that ...
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US envoy urges nations to aid Mumbai probe
... US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte called Friday for international support to help India investigate the deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai. ...
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Inaugural Twenty20 Champions League cancelled in wake of Mumbai ...
Telegraph.co.uk
The rescheduled tournament was then called off following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, leaving organisers with the problem of trying to find a window in ...
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Saturday, December 13, 2008

India-Pakistan Tensions Cast Cloud Over Cricket Matches... and other news

India-Pakistan Tensions Cast Cloud Over Cricket Matches
12 -- Escalating tensions between India and Pakistan after the recent Mumbai attacks appeared to cast a shadow Friday on cricket matches scheduled for next ...
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Arundhati Roy: Mumbai was not our 9/11
As the carnage in Mumbai raged on, day after horrible day, our 24-hour news channels informed us that we were watching "India's 9/11". ...
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Mumbai terrorist attack stumps cricket event
The shortest version of the game, scheduled to be held in the Indian metro cities of Mumbai, Bangaluru, and Chennai from December 3 to 10 this year, ...
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The Mumbai I Remember
As the horrific news from Mumbai poured in -- gunfire in hotels and hospitals, murderers in acid-washed jeans -- I watched the bulletins with something more ...
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Pakistan Cracks down on Charity Group Implicated in Mumbai Attacks
Voice of America
By Barry Newhouse Pakistan is continuing to freeze assets and close down offices of a prominent Islamic charity accused of links with the Mumbai terrorist ...
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Mumbai police get Fahim Ansari's custody
LUCKNOW: The Mumbai police on Friday got custody of suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba activist Fahim Ansari, who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police for an ...
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India, US official discuss Mumbai attack probe
... Negroponte on Friday discussed with Indian officials investigations into last month's attack on Mumbai and urged Pakistan and other countries to help. ...
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US Diplomat Holds Intelligence Sharing Talks in India
India's intelligence agencies were sharply criticized for failing to prevent the Mumbai attacks, which killed at least 170 people. ...
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Pakistan acts on extremists but military support in doubt: analysts
AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan has cracked down on militant groups in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, but analysts question the government's ability to destroy ...
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Mumbai lawyers pray but won't represent suspect
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Reuters) - Lawyers in Mumbai are refusing to take on the case of the lone surviving gunman from last month's attacks in India's ...
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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Muslims meet at Thousand Lights mosque to condemn Mumbai terror act... and other news

Muslims meet at Thousand Lights mosque to condemn Mumbai terror act
CHENNAI: They wore black ribbons, they carried placards calling for peace, they put up banners saluting the Mumbai martyrs, they announced a signature ...
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India gives info tying Mumbai gunmen to Pakistan
The Associated Press
MUMBAI, India (AP) — The United States, keeping its focus on South Asia in the wake of deadly Mumbai attacks, is sending a top diplomat to New Delhi to ...
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Trade falls victim to Mumbai attack
By Syed Fazl-e-Haider QUETTA, Pakistan - Increased tension following the terrorist attack in Mumbai last month, which killed nearly 200 people in India's ...
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Pakistan detains second alleged Mumbai plotter
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan announced the arrest of a second reputed key player behind the terror assault on Mumbai, and officials stressed ...
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Picking up the pieces: The aftershocks of the Mumbai attacks
By Kristen V. Brown BOMBAY, India — For Mumbai residents who fell asleep before the sounds of gunfire and grenades shook the city, the November 27 morning ...
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Tragedy in Mumbai Rocks HKS Community
by Syon Bhanot, News Editor on December 10, 2008 in HKS News For many at HKS, the recent attacks in Mumbai and the ensuing siege was an international ...
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Botched Mumbai Arrest Highlights India's Intel Failures
By Madhur Singh/Mumbai Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008 A policeman stands with two men identified as Tausif Rehman and Mukhtar Ahmed inside the Lalbazar main ...
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Surviving Mumbai Gunman to Be Charged With Waging War Against State
26: Azam Amir Kasab walks at the Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal railway station in Mumbai, India. Nov. 26: Azam Amir Kasab walks at the Chatrapathi Sivaji ...
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Mumbai tragedy is just one problem in India
A Frazee resident feels that a multi-national effort must be made as a response to the recent episode of terrorism in Mumbai, India. ...
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India identifies Mumbai attackers
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Indian authorities in Mumbai have released the identities of the 10 gunmen responsible for the three-day siege in India's ...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Tour Companies Respond... and other news

Tour Companies Respond
The Gateway of India, left, and the historic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, which was attacked last month in Mumbai, India. By MICHELLE HIGGINS In light of the ...
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India pressures Pakistan by naming Mumbai suspects
By Mark Sappenfield | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor NEW DELHI - Indian officials released the names and hometowns of all 10 suspected Mumbai ...
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Practical Traveler A Lesson of Mumbai: Have a Safety Plan
Security outside the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and Tower after the hotel was attacked in Mumbai, India. By MICHELLE HIGGINS THE deadly attacks in Mumbai, ...
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Indian Police Disclose More Suicide Attackers
By JEREMY KAHN and ROBERT F. WORTH MUMBAI, India — The Mumbai police said Tuesday that the 10 men who carried out the terrorist attacks here belonged to a ...
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Rally in support of Mumbai attack victims
SAN FRANCISCO: The gruesome attacks of terror on the financial hub of India, the city of Mumbai, which have resulted in the loss of nearly 200 innocent ...
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Mumbai Attack Tests City's Reputation for Resilience
By Raymond Thibodeaux The vibrant seaport city, Mumbai, in southern India, usually is quick to bounce back from catastrophes like bombings, communal riots ...
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Police release names of Mumbai gunmen
The Associated Press
MUMBAI, India (AP) — India police released the names Tuesday of nine suspected Islamic militants killed during their attack on Mumbai, bolstering India's ...
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Indian police name new suspect in Mumbai attack probe
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian police Tuesday identified for the first time a fifth suspect in their probe into the attacks that killed 171 in ...
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India police 'name Mumbai gunmen'
Indian authorities have released the names or aliases of the nine suspected militants killed during last month's attacks in the city of Mumbai (Bombay). ...
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England to donate half their match fees to victims of Mumbai attacks
Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA England will donate half their match fees from Thursday's first Test against India to the victims of the Mumbai terrorist ...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

NY Professor Recalls Hours on Phone With Mumbai Terrorist... and other news

NY Professor Recalls Hours on Phone With Mumbai Terrorist
6: Protestors hold Indian national flaags and burn effigies of the Pakistani President and the alleged mastermind of 1993 Mumbai bomb. ...
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Outlook: Today's Terrorists and How to Fight Them
"To most of the world, the Mumbai massacre seems inexplicable and random, like the periodic devastation caused by typhoons or tornadoes, or simply pointless ...
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Being foreign in Mumbai
Some hotels in Mumbai, Pune and other towns in Maharashtra have simply stopped taking in anyone classified as a `foreigner'. In the last few days, ...
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India's Top Party Fares Well at Polls, Despite Attacks
"Fight Terror: Vote BJP," exhorted one of the party's newspaper advertisements here in the capital amid the three-day siege of Mumbai. ...
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Nanny moves to Israel with boy orphaned in Mumbai
AP MIGDAL HA-EMEK, Israel: After hiding for hours in the besieged Jewish center in Mumbai, Sandra Samuel suddenly heard a cry that made her forget all fear ...
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Mumbai cops hunt for missing cellphone
MUMBAI: Every terrorist involved in the Mumbai carnage was carrying a mobile phone for communicating with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leaders in Pakistan. ...
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Pakistan Targets Mumbai Attacks Planners
By VOA News Pakistan's military has launched an operation targeting militant groups linked to last month's deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai. ...
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Alleged plotter of Mumbai attack captured in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - An alleged planner of the deadly attacks in Mumbai last month was arrested in a raid on the Pakistani side of Kashmir, ...
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Pakistan Raids Terror Camps Believed Tied to Mumbai Attacks
By Amanda Ruggeri The US investigation into the Mumbai terrorist attacks has reportedly found links between Pakistan's main intelligence agency and the ...
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In unconfirmed raid, Pakistan seizes Mumbai attack ringleader
By Jonathan Adams Pakistan's military on Sunday reportedly raided a militant camp in Kashmir suspected in connection with last month's Mumbai terror attacks ...
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Monday, December 8, 2008

Rice Urges Pakistan to Act on Terror... and other news

Rice Urges Pakistan to Act on Terror
The secretary of state visited both India and Pakistan last week in an effort to diffuse tensions after the siege in Mumbai that claimed more than 170 lives ...
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Mumbai attacks: Militant kept in underwear to prevent suicide
Indian police are going to extreme lengths to make sure the one suvriving militant from the Mumbai attacks does not kill himself. Ajmal Amir Kasab has been ...
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Mumbai attacker linked to Pakistani village
By Kim Barker | Tribune correspondent FARIDKOT, Pakistan—The trail to the hometown of the lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai terrorist attacks leads to ...
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Rice: 'No doubt' Mumbai attacks planned in Pakistan
People in New Delhi, India, take part in a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Mumbai attacks on Sunday. Her comments to CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf ...
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India questions two citizens over Mumbai attacks
MUMBAI: Indian police resumed interrogation on Sunday of two men arrested on suspicion of helping terrorists carry out the Mumbai attacks, which have stoked ...
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Mysterious phone call brought nuclear rivals to the brink after Mumbai
... two nuclear armed countries, to the brink of war at the height of the crisis over the Mumbai terror attacks, it was revealed yesterday. ...
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Jewish service remembers Jews, others killed in Mumbai
By CHRIS MARTELL 608-252-6179 The Jews who filled the Gates of Heaven Synagogue on Sunday evening said prayers for all 163 people who died in the Mumbai ...
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India dismisses hoax call claim
India's foreign minister has denied making a phone call that reportedly prompted Pakistan to place its forces on alert after the Mumbai attacks and set off ...
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India attacks haven't led to more violence
By Arko Datta, Reuters By Siddharth Philip, USA TODAY MUMBAI, India — When Hakim Iqbal goes to the mosque today to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid ...
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Pakistan 'raids militant camp'
India accused Lashkar-e-Taiba of links to the recent Mumbai attacks. Pressure from India has been mounting on Pakistan to take action against the group. ...
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Sunday, December 7, 2008

Mumbai Attacks Politicize Long-Isolated Elite... and other news

Mumbai Attacks Politicize Long-Isolated Elite
New York Times
A woman tried to sell incense to a passenger on Saturday in Mumbai, where the wealthy have a new sense of their vulnerability. By SOMINI SENGUPTA MUMBAI, ...
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Unintended consequences of Mumbai attacks
Last week's terrorist attacks in Mumbai not only raised tensions once more between India and Pakistan but also put the US in a rather awkward position: how ...
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US senators expect Pakistan to take action on Mumbai attackers
... a US Senate delegation say Pakistan knows it must take quick action against terrorists in Pakistan connected to last month's attacks in Mumbai, India. ...
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Mumbai terrorist came from Pakistan, local villagers confirm
An Observer investigation has established that the lone surviving gunman caught by Indian police during last week's terrorist attacks on Mumbai came from a ...
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Pakistan feared Indian attack after Mumbai: report
AFP
LONDON (AFP) — Pakistan feared India was planning a military strike amid heightened tensions between the two nuclear powers following the Mumbai attacks, ...
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US Govt 'unwilling' to take sides on Mumbai attack
Washington Unwilling to formally point the finger at who was responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks, the Bush administration has said it will let the ...
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Mumbai Terror Siege Politicizes an Upper Class Long Insulated
By SOMINI SENGUPTA MUMBAI, India — Last Wednesday, an extraordinary public interest lawsuit was filed in this city's highest court. ...
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No Fanning the Flames
26 terrorist attacks on Mumbai to lead to another showdown between India and Pakistan. After all, the last time Islamic militants carried out such a major ...
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Might Hoax Call Have Triggered A War?
Pakistan media reports that a hoax phone call to President Zardari (allegedly from India's foreign minister) threatening Islamabad following the Mumbai ...
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India Police Arrest Two New Suspects in Mumbai Attacks
By Rama Lakshmi NEW DELHI --The ongoing probe into last week's Mumbai attacks widened late Friday night when Indian police began investigating the ...
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Saturday, December 6, 2008

Why the Terrorists Could Be Winning in Mumbai... and other news

Why the Terrorists Could Be Winning in Mumbai
So they decided to throw a wrench into the whole thing last week by descending on Mumbai. Could they be getting what they were aiming for? ...
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Report: 5 Mumbai gunmen may still be free
MUMBAI, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Five of the gunmen who took part in the deadly attacks in the city of Mumbai may still be free, an Indian news agency said. ...
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New Details Emerging on Tragedy in Mumbai
Voice of America
By Judith Latham Pakistan has offered to conduct a joint investigation with India into last week's terrorist attacks on Mumbai that killed more than 170 ...
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Mumbai gunmen must not derail peace - Pakistani PM
By Zeeshan Haider ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The militants who attacked Mumbai must not be allowed to derail the peace process between India and Pakistan, ...
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Attacks in Mumbai send out a frightening message
Eight years before 9/11, serial bomb blasts had ripped through Mumbai, killing hundreds and wounding many more. Since then, the attacks have kept coming ...
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Rice on 'sophisticated' Mumbai attacks
BBC News
Condoleezza Rice has given her assessment of the level of terrorist threat following the Mumbai attacks, at a news conference in Islamabad. ...
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Jews, Muslims unite to honor victims of Mumbai terrorism
... Muslims," Jews and Muslims in New York City plan joint appearances to remember the Jewish victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. ...
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Mumbai attacks refocus US cities
By Kevin Johnson and Thomas Frank, USA TODAY The deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai are prompting new efforts to bolster security in the US by law ...
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Mumbai Cop Heralded in Film Leads Investigation of Terror Attacks
By PETER WONACOTT and GEETA ANAND MUMBAI -- Rakesh Maria, a baggy-eyed 50-year-old cop whose investigative skills have inspired at least one Bollywood movie ...
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Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai lands in Israel
he wailed, clutching a toy basketball while squirming in the arms of mourners at the Mumbai synagogue. Then the toddler and the caretaker who rescued him ...
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